# NTSB CHI70DGG09: Piper PA-24, N6026P, Columbus, OH, September 5, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 5, 1969
- Place: Columbus, OH · COLUMBUS, OH
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 6, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 156147
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70DGG09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70DGG09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3900   69/9/5    COLUMBUS,OHIO       PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 422
        TIME - 1900                    N6026P              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 224 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PRICE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LONDON,OHIO                 COLUMBUS,OHIO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION
        REMARKS- STRUCK UNMARKED DITCH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6026P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6026P-1976-06-15), registration cancelled 1976-06-15, S/N 24-1121 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (registry code 7102402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Price

## Other investigations on N6026P (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD76AI071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI071), May 6, 1976: Piper PA-24 (N6026P), Farmers, KY, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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